Tuesday 6th July - Chichester to Keyhaven

The plan was to sail to Poole to do some research for the book. Appointments were made and a planned rendezvous with Brad agreed. It was also Adam's work experience fortnight, so we had several tasks to achieve, the first of which was getting to Keyhaven. It was always going to be a long haul and contingencies were in place to stop off wherever we fancied.As it was, in spite of a good current, once we had left Chichester, pushing us along the wind was light and on the nose so we quickly agreed that Cowes was a much more realistic port to aim for. Having set out at about 14.00 we were tied up in Shepherds wharf by about 20.00 and both of us were ready for the pub. The bonus from Adams point of view was the World Cup match between Uruguay and the Netherlands that was being shown.

Having spoken to Brad the weather, which had been forecast to be good, didn't look as though it was going to hold, but we agreed to review it in the morning and revise our plans accordingly.